THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENCE OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND THE USE OF MODERN COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ITS EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION The article deals research the constitutional and legal content of the principle of independence of local self-government and the problems its provision in the federal legislation, and e ective implementation through the use of modern information technology. <...> K e y w o r d s: onstitution, the principle of independence of local self-government,information technologies. <...>